"You heard from him frequently?"
"No, not once during the whole time. Sir Joseph Westmoreland, the great London nerve specialist, who advised the change, even prohibited correspondence."
"You're sure he was in Scotland?"
"Really, Mr. Marchmont, why do you ask?"
"Because I saw the Bishop of Blanford in the United States in the first week of May on his way to Montreal, Canada."
"Impossible!"
"I'm certain of it."
"I cannot credit what you tell me!"
"What I tell you is quite true. You say he was absent for a month. Might he not have gone to the States and returned in that time?"
His sister nodded. Then, as a sudden thought occurred to her, she flushed red with anger, exclaiming: